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Recently, my legislation, the No Social Security for Nazis Act, was signed into law. In late October, an Associated Press investigative report uncovered the fact that Nazi persecutors are receiving Social Security benefits...

Most recently I wrote about how Wendy Davis' rise through Texas Politics can be traced as much to the efforts and aid by her second husband than anything she has done. Davis' own political rise, along with Hillary Clinton's...

I introduced H.R. 1253, the Sequester Pakistan Act, which will freeze all foreign aid to Pakistan until the Military Tuition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense is fully funded. This important program provides...

Democrats could anticipate the Latino vote without much effort or campaigning in past political races. In fact, it used to be the norm that if Latinos voted, no one asked their political affiliation because it was presumed...

We try to keep our valuables and belongings safe by locking them up. We lock our car doors when we get out of it, we lock our house doors when we leave our home. We’re constantly on guard against someone taking our...

Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango, had been living as an illegal immigrant in Boston until she was granted asylum just this past year. Onyango currently is receiving public housing and other government handouts, but says she has...

I issued the following statement to mark the five-year anniversary of the signing of President Obama’s stimulus plan.When the stimulus was first announced, we were promised it would lead to ‘shovel-ready’ jobs and get our...

The UNFCCC meeting in Warsaw, Poland, is finished! Great strides were made toward its stated purpose, a “complete transformation of the economic structure of the world.”The U.S. caved to both funding schemes: “loss and...

As I was reflecting upon our current fiscal situation here in Midland County, an analogy came to my mind. That analogy is the movie “Little Shop of Horrors.” For those who have not seen the movie (which ends differently...

When I think of Leadership, the first example of a good leader that comes to my mind is Moses. Moses took Leadership when the Jewish People were in slavery in Egypt. Under Moses Leadership, the Jews went from a very bad...

Florida Congressman Allen West gave a fearless speech this morning to the House in commemoration of Black History Month, discussing the truth about Democratic racism. He explained that the Republican Party has always been...

Over $69 million in welfare money has been misused on trips, including Las Vegas, Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands. The welfare money was issued by the state of California to the needy to help pay for their rent and clothes...

If there is one week in my house that is unpleasant, it’s tax week. There is nothing worse than seeing my parents in sweatpants at the kitchen table, hunched over piles of receipts that stand much taller than they should....